Lúa Ribeira Man guiding the parade during Easter celebrations for children. Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain. 2019.
“Do ye complain” says he, ‘of sudden death?’ that have carried death about ye, ever since you
(...) were born; that have been entertained with daily spectacles of carcasses and funerals; that have heard so many sermons upon the subject; and read so many good books upon the frailty of life and the certainty of death. Do ye not know that every moment ye live brings ye nearer to your end? Your clothes wear out, your woods and your houses decay, and yet ye look that your bodies should be immortal. What are the common accidents and diseases of life, but so many warnings to provide yourself for a remove? Ye have death at the table, in your daily food and nourishment; for your life is maintained by the death of other creatures. And you have the lively picture of it, every night for your bedfellow.”
– Fragment of The Sixth Vision of Hell, from The Visions, by Francisco de Quevedo, 1927. Selected by Lua Ribeira. © Lúa Ribeira | Magnum Photos
